Pumpkin Month!

We had a great October.  We started the month off with a drive back home.  We got to see most of our family and friends.  Nana hosted a shower so everyone could meet Grayson and we had a wonderful time.  Grayson did wonderfully on the trip - he really loves his carseat! We also got to see Auntie Jean who came over from England!  It was nice to see her and we are hoping for a trip to England next year (hint hint Susan and/or Helen!)  We had fun at the Big Canoe Octoberfest.  We were able to get a photograph of one of the waterfalls at Big Canoe from a local photographer.  It is beautiful and now we just need to get it framed!

However, the highlight of the trip was meeting Jonah!  He is precious!!!!


We came back and got right into the swing of life. I continued to go walking with a mom that I have recently met, David went back to work, and we continued to take Grayson to music class on Saturdays.  He is really getting into it now and stays awake for the whole class!.  But I quickly had to start thinking about and planning for my return to work.  As much as I am dreading life as a working mom, I am also incredibly thankful that I have a job and am constantly reminded of many people who would kill to be in my position.  We have an incredible daycare Creme de la Creme.  It is a beautiful place and the teachers are wonderful.  I really hope that Grayson will have fun and make friends there.  I am excited for the wonderful education that they provide and I am very excited for him to learn social skills from a young age. 


Just to make things a little more challenging we decided to repaint the kitchen and powder room.  Man, home improvement is a lot harder with an infant around!  But it looks so much better.  The house is still not completely put back together but it will be soon.  We also had a first attempt at fixing the stair to the front porch.  It defintiely still needs work, but that will wait until spring!  At least we can get in the front door without climbing gear!


Lastly we finished off with Halloween!!  Halloween is my favorite holiday.  I love the excitement on the kids faces and it is so true what Pastor Mark said in his sermon: Halloween is about getting out and seeing the neighbors and showing hospitality to them.  These are things we should be doing everyday but, let's be honest, we don't.  But it's great to have a day completely dedicated to showing neighborly love. 


Below are some pictures from the last month. 

We have many more pictures to post but I don't access to them right now so I will do a second post later!!!